Horses dragged iron gun wagons along the road. Even when passing over a stone road, there is no screeching sound when the iron hoop crushes the stone. The cast-iron wheels of the gun carriage were wrapped in rubber tires, and although they lacked bearings and were not light enough, the whole degree was much faster than the artillery movement of other Chinese armies. Lei Hu organized a marching formation of troops with these artillery trucks as the core. The purpose of this trip was to hand over 150 artillery pieces with supporting parts to Lin Fengxiang, and Lei Hu would not let go of the troops to take this opportunity to conduct training on the march in a war situation.

The team is tightly organized, and the reconnaissance troops, who are constantly going back and forth, relay the news of the surrounding area to the troops. Wei Ze thought that there might not be too many battles to fight in Jiangxi this time, so the troops would just listen to it. For Wei Ze's other sentence, "Do your job well!" "The troops were fully convinced, and carried out according to Weese's orders.

At this time, it was already June 27th, and Thunder Tiger had been out for 15 days. The destination of the troops was Jingdezhen, where Lin Fengxiang hoped that Lei Hu would be able to deliver the goods. Although Lei Hu didn't agree with Lin Fengxiang's plan, he also walked first. The distance between the Guangfu Army and Lin Fengxiang's headquarters was more than 2,000 miles, and they relied on messengers to transmit news. Even if you can run 800 miles in one day and one night, you have to run for five days to travel 4,000 miles round trip. Wei Ze's sincerity in supporting Lin Fengxiang was very strong, and he ordered Lei Hu's troops to advance along the avenue in the direction of Jingdezhen. During the operation, the parties will consult again.

"Division Commander, won't the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom be able to control Jingdezhen now, right?" Brigade Commander Song Wu asked Lei Hu. When the Guangfu army went south, they walked through Jingdezhen, and they knew very well how close Jingdezhen was to Tianjing City. After two or three days of walking, the troops arrived in Fuzhou, and up to now, the troops have always maintained a strict marching posture.

Lei Hu didn't answer immediately, of course he knew how close Jingdezhen was to Tianjing City, and he knew how far Jingdezhen was from Ganzhou. Lei Hu even remembered some of the investigations that Wei Ze had done when he passed through Jingdezhen.

Jingdezhen is a famous porcelain capital in China, but this porcelain capital is almost finished in the 50s of the 19th century. This is not who deliberately wants to embarrass or destroy Jingdezhen, but after Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty, the production of Jingdezhen went downhill from the peak, and the output, quality, variety, and shape were shrinking. After 184o, because the quality was too bad, the imperial ware factory that had lasted for more than 5oo years in Jingdezhen came to an end.

Of course, Lei Hu didn't have that much interest in these when he passed through Jingdezhen last time, and it is the same now. After thinking about it for a moment, Lei Hu left the matter about Jingdezhen, the decaying porcelain capital, behind. The information related to the war was remembered by Lei Hu.

Shi Dakai marched from Jingdezhen to western Zhejiang, and Brigade Commander Song Wu was right, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom originally hoped that Shi Dakai's troops would be able to hold Jiangxi. This shows that the actual control of Jingdezhen has not been in the hands of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in the near future.

And Fuzhou, where the troops were about to arrive in a few days, could not be said to be in the hands of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. In March and April, Guozong Yang Fuqing had already marched into northern Fujian, trying to establish two disconnected but mutually exchanging battlefields with Shi Dakai.

The intelligence staff officer rushed into the division headquarters of the operation at this time, and after saluting, he said: "Division commander, the Qing army has no sign of withdrawing from Fuzhou. ”

"Keep investigating." Thunder Tiger said. After confirming the news in Fuzhou, Lei Hu said to Song Wu, "I have been able to make an appointment with Lin Fengxiang to meet in Fuzhou to deliver the goods." ”

Wei Ze did not have a plan to let Lei Hu's troops go on a killing spree, and Lei Hu received an order to escort Baiyin back safely after handing over the artillery. Fuzhou was once a key point of repeated contention between the Qing army and the Taiping army, and after Yang Fuqing left northern Fujian, where Fuzhou was attacking, the fighting in this place did decrease a lot. However, at this time, Fuzhou was in the hands of the Qing army. At the time of Lei Hu's departure, a Qing army unit entered Fuzhou, and there is no sign of leaving Fuzhou until now.

Song Wu didn't quite understand what Lei Hu meant, wouldn't it be good to go straight to Jingdezhen after breaking Fuzhou, why did he have to make an appointment in Fuzhou. It was the pigtail soldiers of the Qing army who were stationed in Fuzhou, not the British lobster soldiers. Could it be that the pigtailed soldiers can stop the pace of the Liberation Army? So Song Wu asked, "Commander, why bother?" ”

Lei Hu knew Song Wu's personality, if it was Zhao Di, he would definitely not ask that. In fact, Lei Hu just doesn't want to run away. Let the Taiping army in Jingdezhen go south to Fuzhou, and the two sides will capture Fuzhou "together". First, it can let the Taiping army see the application of artillery, and second, it can also allow the Taiping army to control more strongholds. It seemed difficult for a straightforward guy like Song Wu to understand this. The question now is whether Lin Fengxiang will agree to run from Jingdezhen to Fuzhou to receive artillery not long after he has just sent people.

But that night, things changed a little. According to what the reconnaissance team observed, the Qing troops stationed in Fuzhou actually showed signs of leaving the city.

"Did Xiang Jun take the wrong medicine?" Zhao Di said in surprise.

"What tricks does the Hunan army have?" Song Wu was also surprised.

Lei Hu looked at the chief of staff and waited silently for the chief of staff to provide advice. The staff officer frowned and pondered, but he couldn't find any reason. In the end, the chief of staff replied: "It is estimated that the Hunan army has not been taught enough by us, so it is so bold." ”

"The Qing army won't have a special strategy against us, right?" Thunder Tiger cares about this.

"You'll know when you hit it." The chief of staff replied rather simply this time.

Stopping in Fuzhou was Zeng Guohua. Zeng Guohua is the younger brother of Zeng Guofan, and he came to Fuzhou because Emperor Xianfeng strictly ordered to solve Shi Dakai's department. Zeng Guohua brought more than 5,000 Hunan troops and 3,000 or 4,000 local regiments from Jiangxi to Fuzhou. Upon learning the news that the Guangfu Army was heading north and was approaching Fuzhou, Zeng Guohua, who had long been dissatisfied with the name of the Guangfu Army, decided to fight with the Guangfu Army.

Green Battalion, Hunan Army, Taiping Army, Huai Army, Chu Army. In these years, there have been victories and defeats. But the Guangfu Army actually claimed to have no defeat in hundreds of battles. For this army that was blown to the sky, many people in the Hunan army were not very convinced, and Zeng Guohua was one of them.

Judging from the intelligence, the troops of the Liberation Army did not engage in fierce battles along the way, and they did not choose to attack hard when they were able to bypass the city. After collecting this information, Zeng Guohua thought that if he did not make a certain statement, the Liberation Army would still choose to avoid fighting. The appearance of this Guangfu army is very similar to that of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. With such speculation, Zeng Guohua chose to send troops out of the city to make an offensive posture first. If this Guangfu army attacks fiercely, the Hunan army will withdraw to Fuzhou City first.

After the Guangfu Army decided to fight, the pre-war meeting quickly reached a consensus, "Let's see what the Hunan Army can sell!" "Everyone has long heard of the Hunan army's housekeeping skills of "fighting a dumb battle". Now that I have the opportunity to see it for myself, many people can't help but feel a sense of joy. This cannot but be said to be the inferior root of the military profession.

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